I know people don't like to commit to things too far in advance, but this is only 5 days away. Are the Moose Jaw boys coming? How about the guys from Saskatoon? Andre, Dom, Darren, Clark, Geoff? How about the new guys? Or the guys that almost never show up anymore? Scott, Bob, Trevor, Zack??

nathanr wrote:I know people don't like to commit to things too far in advance, but this is only 5 days away. Are the Moose Jaw boys coming? How about the guys from Saskatoon? Andre, Dom, Darren, Clark, Geoff? How about the new guys? Or the guys that almost never show up anymore? Scott, Bob, Trevor, Zack??

As Carson says, let's try to get a good turnout for this!

As much as I would like to go, I am no where near ready yet. I still have to buy my army book. Torn on if I want to blow a huge chunk on the MRB at the moment.

In 2-3 weeks I should get more models yet from this place in the states, that would allow me to make up to 2000 (2500 pushing it) but yeah, otherwise I would I think.

Mhael wrote:I never committed to this date bc i knew i would be working.

In my opinion, this is one of the biggest problems in our group. Not responding should not be an acceptable way to say "No" or "I'm not available" or "that doesn't work for me". Carson posted on May 3rd asking for a date that worked for everyone. Nobody piped up and said that June 7 didn't work for them so it was locked in. Now its looking like we're going to have 7 or 8 people at best. If you can't make it, say that you can't make it when there's time to actually change the date.

I don't mean to be picking on Andre here, almost everyone is guilty of this including me. People post looking for games and are met with a wall of silence. This can be especially discouraging for new players. The least we can do as a group is to post a quick "sorry, can't make it" or "maybe next time" or better yet, suggest a date or time that works for you.

This league will never get better if we don't put in a little effort. I'm proud of this little group we've got here but it feels like we've been in decline for a few years now and I'd like to turn that around. This should maybe get moved to its own thread but I felt that I needed to rant a bit. Sorry for going off-topic, and sorry Andre for singling you out.

I agree and i would totally be there 100% if i could. I am guilty for last min canceling this time. Plans showed up that I entirely forgot about. and had canceled last year for another masters even. and i couldn't do it to this guy again this year.

It would be nice to have larger turn outs to events. The other alternative is to not have any events at all, but regardless we'll throw down at the Den with who ever shows up. I take your point on responses, even for league games, I'll have to keep that in mind myself.

I think that everyone enjoys tournaments, with enough notice most of us should be able to attend.

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Seriously though, I've done it and felt it myself. I'll post to come up for a game and no one responds...my ego can't take that! Then you're left wondering if you're an a-hole or if everyone is just busy. Maybe both?

There's certainly an ebb and flow to enthusiasm when it comes to gaming and getting everyone on the same cycle is tricky, so let's all be respectful of everyone's feekings and ego. Sean has already chased off a few good players, so let's not make it worse.

Wish I could make it down and take a run at the championship, but my parents are in town. Best of luck to everyone today. Make sure to roll some dice and cackle madly as you're forced to remove piles of your models.